CVE-2022-29946

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Published 2024-07-11 · Modified 2026-03-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

NATS.io NATS Server before 2.8.2 and Streaming Server before 0.24.6 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to enforce negative user permissions in one scenario. By using a queue subscription on the wildcard, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow denied subjects.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.9.8-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.9.8-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.9.8-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.9.8-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2	`<2.8.2`	`2.8.2`
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-streaming-server	`<0.24.6`	`0.24.6`
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-server

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.